Two freshman goaltenders highlight the All-Star selections, which are uncharacteristically dominated by underclassmen. For the first time in
Hockey East history, a first-year player was selected as the first-team goaltender. Providence College rookie Jon Gillies (South Portland, Maine)
becomes only the third freshman at any position to be named to the first team, joining Hockey Hall-of-Fame defenseman Brian Leetch (BC, 1986-87)
and Hobey Baker winner Paul Kariya (Maine) in a truly exclusive group. He was the Friars' unquestioned starter from the first day of the season,
and finished with four shutouts in league play.

Fellow freshman Connor Hellebuyck (Commerce, Mich.) of UMass Lowell was selected as the second-team goaltender. Hellebuyck was a major
part of the River Hawks' late season surge to the Hockey East regular season title, going 8-1 over the final nine games on the schedule, and
finishing with a 1.38 GAA and .948 save percentage over 13 total league games, both good for second all-time in Hockey East history (to Jimmy
Howard of Maine in 2003-04.) Hellebuyck and Gillies will face off in Friday's first Hockey East semifinal match, just as they did in a split home-andhome
series on the final weekend of the regular season.

Hellebuyck is joined by two other River Hawks on the second team, which includes junior Joseph Pendenza (Wilmington, Mass.) and forward
Riley Wetmore (Swanton, Vt.), who round out the trio of forwards alongside Boston University sophomore Evan Rodrigues (Etobicoke, Ont.). Jordan
Heywood (Regina, Sask.) of Merrimack College and Patrick Wey (Pittsburgh, Pa.) of Boston College were the second-team blueliners.

For the third consecutive season, BC has multiple representatives on the first team, sniper Steven Whitney (Reading, Mass.), the only senior
on the top All-Star squad, and Athletic Republic Hockey East Player of the Year Johnny Gaudreau (Carneys Point, N.J.), a sophomore. Fellow
second-year player Trevor van Riemsdyk (Middletown, N.J.), a defenseman from the University of New Hampshire, was the only Wildcat All-Star
this season. The other first-team defenseman was UMass-Lowell's Chad Ruhwedel (San Diego, Calif.), giving the top-seeded River Hawks four total
All-Stars, the most of any program this season. Merrimack junior forward Mike Collins (Boston, Mass.) rounded out the squad, joining goaltenders
Martin Legault (1996-97) and Joe Cannata (last year) as the only Warriors to ever qualify for First-Team honors.